and find out what their fathers learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
Will they not instruct you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
~Job 8:8-10
First of all, I would like to say that reading the bible is almost like an I SPY book. Little snippets of applicable truth are hidden in plain sight, just waiting for you to find them. Anyone trying to tell you the bible is irrelevant to this day and age is lying. From reading a book like Job, (even though I'm only 8 days in) I have already noticed all sorts of little pieces of advice. It seems like God put those little golden nuggets in places where I have to read it several times to understand it's meaning. So if you've never read the bible in a thorough manner (especially the Old Testament), I dare you to try it sometime. It's better than a psychiatrist, medication, and even bubble wrap. And I guarantee it'll change your life.
Anywho... It looks like Bildad (one of Job's other friends) is talking about mentors up ^^^^^ there. No, not those candies that you put in diet coke, mentors, with an 'r'. A mentor is someone who is usually older and more experienced than yourself. A mentor guides you, helps you think things through, and helps you learn from a situation. A mentor can be anyone. Your parents, your youth pastor, your teacher, an aunt, an uncle, an older friend, anyone. A mentor can also act as a role model.
Mentors are pretty good people to have around "for we were only born yesterday and know nothing." With a mentor, you can not only learn from your mistakes, but from your mentor's mistakes, too! It's almost like having double knowledge. *wink*
God has put quite a few mentors in my life, and I have learned so much from all of them. I am thankful that I have them around, and I surely have avoided many mistakes that I could have made, but didn't. I hope I continue to have my current mentors, and many more mentors, in the future. And I can only pray that someday God will lead me to be a great mentor to someone else.
Photo #8: MentoRs, not Mentos. (My grandpa, one of my many mentors.)
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